Lottery system to be scrapped? Trump, tech titans talk H-1B visas overhaul

At present, the visas are awarded through a lottery system

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

Possibilities for reforming the distribution of H-1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last month with chief executives of tech companies at Trump Tower, said two sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to talk about the closed-door talks.

Trump senior policy advisor Stephen Miller proposed scrapping the existing lottery system